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Kelly Boswell
@kellyboswell.bsky.social
Author l Education Consultant l Teacher Professional Developer
I help teachers & schools enhance writing instruction and writing achievement.
Books:
Every Kid a Writer: Strategies that Get Everyone Writing
Write This Way
Heading to NCTE?
Every student has a story worth telling. Join us to learn how choice, agency and diverse texts can transform your writing classroom!
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Over 400 educators from across the US and as far away as the Philippines and Peru joined us for a jam-packed hour of shared learning last night.

Thank you!

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March 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I am blown away! Over 140 of you have already registered for this FREE webinar!

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March 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I hope you'll join me on January 29 - there are just a few days left to register!

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January 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I hope you'll join me on January 29!

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Infusing Writing Experiences into Mandated Reading Programs
In schools around the country, teachers are using state-mandated reading programs. Many teachers have found that some of these programs don’t include enough writing experiences for their students. In ...
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January 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I hope you'll join me on January 29!

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January 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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URGENT: Here’s a list of campaigns to support Black families displaced by the LA fires. Bit.ly/rebuildAD

h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social
Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory
Bit.ly
January 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'm hosting a webinar on January 29. Come join me!
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January 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
It was so fun to write this blog post to the Teaching Channel!

No matter what grade level you are teaching, you’ve probably noticed that your students could use a bit of support in understanding punctuation and using it appropriately in their writing.

Enjoy these 4 simple & practical tips.
4 Practical Tips to Help Students Improve Their Punctuation Skills
Discover 4 powerful tips to support your students in mastering punctuation. Enhance their writing skills with mentor texts and student samples.
www.teachingchannel.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:17 AM
What a JOY it was to present and learn alongside these brilliant educators!
Our session reminded participants that our students’ writing is a gift to us and we have a responsibility to do something with it. #NCTE24
@kellyboswell.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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Yesterday’s session about Integrating AI into the Writing Workshop had standing room only! I was asked to reshare the handouts (dozens of ways we use AI in our book) and the discount code for the book. #AIIntheWW Looking forward to Kelly Gallagher, Linda Rief, and Penny Kittle today. #ncte24
November 23, 2024 at 11:04 AM
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Student Writing as Teaching and Learning, Not Evaluation: And Why the "Research Paper" Mindset Fails Students (Still) radicalscholarship.com/2024/11/19/s...
November 23, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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“I learned about identity not from my research and work but I learned about it from my grandmother” -Bryan Stevenson #NCTE24
November 23, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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“We should not be measuring school success based on a performance an a test. We should measure school success based on a low level of suspensions. In this way schools are truly trying to teach and reach Ss instead of marginalizing them in the name of ‘academic success.’” - Bryan Stevenson. #NCTE24
November 23, 2024 at 3:25 PM
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“Just because this is the way things are doesn’t mean that this is how it has to be.” -Bryan Stevenson #NCTE24
November 23, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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“Hope is not always rational but it is always necessary” -Bryan Stevenson #NCTE24
November 23, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Come join us this afternoon!
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November 23, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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November 18, 2024 at 3:39 AM